Kiowa Drama, Then & Now

  I created the above digital image on my computer which illustrates the old Kiowa story of Tso Ah, now commonly known as 'Devil's Tower, in the state of Wyoming. The image portrays the moment when a group of seven Kiowa sisters, being pursued by a bear, climbed upon a tree stump and were thrown up into the nighttime sky to become the seven stars of the Big Dipper constellation.
  The Tso Ah account occured several hundred years ago after the Kiowas left the Yellowstone area and just before they occupied the Black Hills in South Dakota. That was then.
  This is now.  Recall charges were filed today against Dwayne Davis, Chairman of the Kiowa Election Board, for a number of violations of the Kiowa Constitution & By-laws and the Ordinance of the Kiowa Election Board. The recall question and list of charges, with other documentation, can be viewed on the official website of the Kiowa Tribe at: kiowatribe.net.
  One of the charges against Davis is his scheduling of a recall election against the Chairman of the Kiowa Busness Committee, Donald Tofpi, which is scheduled to occur this coming Saturday, May 29 despite a Temporary Restraining Order issued by the CFR Court against the Election Board and the Kiowa Hearing Board.  A letter dated May 13, 2010 from Anadarko Agency Superintendent Robin Phillips to Dwayne Davis states that the Kiowa Election Board is denied use of the Agency as a polling place for the recall election due to Temporary Restraining Order litigation in the CFR Court and Appellate Court.
  Also, in a meeting today of the Kiowa Business Committee, the KBC approved and issued a resolution declaring the recall election invalid due to the many violations and descrepancies perpetrated by the KEB and KHB in their conduct of the recall process.  The KBC vote was unanimous in support of the resolution.
  To be continued.....